Public Health Law Strategies for Suicide Prevention Using the Socioecological Model.

Catherine Cerulli¹, Amy Winterfeld¹, Monica Younger¹+1

• ¹Catherine Cerulli, J.D., Ph.D., is a Psychiatry Professor at the University of Rochester. She is the Director of the Laboratory of Interpersonal Violence and Victimization and the Susan B. Anthony Center. She received her Juris Doctorate from SUNY at Buffalo School of Law, Buffalo, NY, and her PhD in Criminal Justice from SUNY at Albany, Albany, NY. Dr. Cerulli's work focuses on the intersection of law and mental health as they relate to suicide, homicide and domestic violence prevention. Amy Winterfeld, J.D., currently volunteers as the elected Senior Public Health Policy Director for the Colorado Public Health Association. She earned her BA with honors in history from Brown University and her law degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder. In 2018, Ms. Winterfeld led advocacy efforts that resulted in Tri-County Health Department, a local public health agency in the metropolitan Denver area, receiving an inaugural 2018 National Advocate of the Year Award from the National Association of City and County Health Officials. Monica Younger, M.S., is the Behavioral Health Coordinator for Tri-County Health Department. She received her Master of Science in Technical Communication from the University of Colorado. As the coordinator she helps administer the State Innovation Model Local Public Health Agency grant that was awarded to the Metro Public Health Behavioral Health Collaboration, the collaborating public health agencies from Denver, Boulder, Broomfield, Jefferson, and the Tri-County jurisdiction of Adams, Arapahoe, and Douglas counties. With over 18 years of experience in healthcare education, community mental health, and public health, she has also managed IT, quality, and accreditation efforts in these areas. Jill Krueger, J.D., is Region Director of the Northern Region of the Network for Public Health Law. She received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Iowa College of Law in Iowa City, Iowa. Ms. Krueger works in the areas of mental health and well-being, rural health equity, and climate resilience.